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Old 05-14-2012, 12:35 PM   #33702
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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc View Post
Just got back from the new Dark Shadows movie - mixed reaction to it. It started off completely serious & Gothic - it would have worked if the entire movie had been kept "serious" - and left out the comedy elements. The comedy seemed forced.

Michelle Pfeiffer was suberb! Depp was very wooden. Helena Bonham Carter was under used - her character could have been so much richer (judging from the jumps in the story line, I thought many of her scenes had been cut). Mrs. Johnson stole the show!

The four cast members from the original soap opera (Jonathan Frid, Lara Parker, David Selby and Kathryn Leigh Scott) were sadly treated - they had a 5 second cameo as party guests with no lines. If I hadn't read before hand where they appeared, I would have missed them.

The final sequence was way over done (elements of Seth Grahame-Smith methinks) - except for the last shot, which seems to indicate a sequel.
I think Dark Shadows was one of those cultural phenomena that can never be repeated. You just had to be there. I remember being somewhat pleased when a remake of the series for TV never got off the ground because I knew they could never catch the spirit of the original. I'm not surprised to hear the comedy in this new movie was forced. The beauty of the original was that despite the often bad acting and frequent blunders (which is where we found our comic relief), we actually grew to care about the characters.

What's next, a re-make of Plan 9 From Outer Space?
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